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黑料吃瓜群网 violence escalating
Growing fears about incidents of violence and aggression in public hospitals and other healthcare settings was shared by more than 140 delegates of the NSW Nurses and Midwives鈥� Association (NSWNMA) this week. [ + ]
Fallopian tube removal drops cancer by 40%
A University of Queensland gynaecological researcher and cancer surgeon is urging women facing hysterectomy 聽to consider removal of their fallopian tubes to reduce their risk of ovarian cancer. [ + ]
Sepsis Kills program - saving lives in NSW
An early intervention program designed to improve the way emergency departments deal with patients with sepsis has been successful in speeding up the process of treating the potentially fatal condition, according to research published online by the Medical Journal of Australia. [ + ]
Zika virus - what you need to know
Zika virus is a mosquito-borne virus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. The same mosquito also transmits 3 other vector-borne diseases -- dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever 鈥� across tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The most common symptoms of Zika virus are headache, muscle and joint pain, mild fever, rash, and inflammation of the underside of the eyelid. To lower the risk of being infected with Zika virus: use insect repellent; cover as much of the body as possible with long, light-coloured clothing; empty, clean or cover containers that can hold water to remove places mosquitoes can breed; and sleep under mosquito nets. Key facts [ + ]
Taking central line infections to zero
The rate of bloodstream infections caused by central intravenous lines in hospitals can be reduced to聽almost zero, saving over $200 000 per year, if a modified central line maintenance procedure developed by聽a group of Victorian researchers is used, according to a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia. [ + ]
1 in 600 People Wake During Anaesthesia
Pandit J et al. The 5th National Audit Project (NAP5) - Accidental Awareness During General Anaesthesia in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Association of Anaesthetists UK. Sept 2014. [ + ]
How your meal affects your mood
Your thoughts, mood and behaviour are the product of your brain 鈥� an exquisite spider鈥檚 web of neuronal connections and witch鈥檚 brew of neurochemicals according to Paul Bertrand and Trisha Jenkins, RMIT University. It is this brew that is prone to change, and when 鈥渦nbalanced鈥� can cause dramatically altered behaviour. And your diet may have more to do with how you think than you would first suspect. How your mood is made up Your mood is the product of chemicals in the brain called 鈥渘eurochemicals鈥�. This includes 鈥渘eurotransmitters鈥�, which are small molecules nerve cells (neurons) use to communicate with each other. One important neurotransmitter involved in mood is serotonin. [ + ]
Babies primed for food allergies from birth
A study of more than 1000 Victorian babies has shown those with hyperactive immune cells at birth, detected in their cord blood, were more likely to develop food allergies in their first year of life. [ + ]
Predicting Patient Admissions
What if you knew who would聽walk into your hospital today- when and why? Dave Piggott, Executive Director of Health IQ, investigates how the partnership between Austin Health, CSIRO and Health IQ works to provide Austin Health these answers. [ + ]
Why most cancer isn't due to bad luck
Sarah Allinson, Lancaster University, reports on a聽study published in Science in early 2015 reported that most cancers aren鈥檛 preventable and are simply a case of 鈥渂ad luck鈥�. A year on, however, and a study published in Nature has come to the opposite conclusion: that external factors such as tobacco, sunlight and human papilloma virus play a greater part in whether or not a person gets cancer. [ + ]
